Murdannia semiteres

Murdannia semiteres is a species of flowering plant in the Commelinaceae family. This annual herb has reddish stems and slender, smooth leaves. It produces blue flowers arranged in panicles, with three distinct sepals. The plant is native to regions including east-central Africa, Yemen, Iran, India, and Vietnam. It thrives in seasonally dry tropical environments. The species was first described in 1951 and is distributed across the Afrotropical and Oriental regions, including countries such as Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.